Johannes van der Vegte
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BornJohannes Albertinus van der Vegte
16 December 1892
16 December 1892
Gendringen, Netherlands
Died15 March 1945 (aged 52)
Medan, Dutch East Indies
SportRowing
ClubLaga, Delft
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| Born | Johannes Albertinus van der Vegte 16 December 1892 Gendringen, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 March 1945 (aged 52) Medan, Dutch East Indies | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Laga, Delft | |||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Albertinus van der Vegte (16 December 1892 – 15 March 1945) was a Dutch rower.[1] He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp with the men's eight where they were eliminated in round one.[2][3] During WWII, he was a prisoner of war and died in the Japanese camp Soengei Sengkol in Medan, Indonesia on 15 March 1945.[4]
